Fruit-picker&#39;s sack.



T. KURODA.

FRUIT PIGKERS SAGK. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 6, 1913.

1970,4890 Patented Aug. 19, 1913.

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T. KURODA.

FRUIT PIOKERS SACK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 6, 191a.

Patented Aug. 19,1913.

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TSUNESABURO KURODA, OF EL MONTE, CALIFORNIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented A11 19,1913.

Application filed January 6, 1913. Serial No. 740,412.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, TSUNESABURO KURODA, asubject of Japan, residing at El Monte, county of Los Angeles, State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Fruit-Pickers Sack, of whichthe following is a specification.

My object is to make a receptacle to be used in picking fruit, such asoranges, apples and the like, and having a collapsible bottom forconvenience in emptying the fruit, and having means for expansion andcontraction.

In the drawingsFigure 1 is a perspective of a fruit pickers sackembodying the principles of my invention, with the bottom closed readyfor use. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side elevation, with the bottomcollapsed or open. Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view illustrating theoperation. Fig. 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of the lower end ofthe sack open, the view being drawn to show the opposite side of thesack from that shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional detailon the line 55 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the distended oropen sack contracted fpr small measures, as seen looking in thedirection indicated by the arrows in Figs. 1, 2 and S. Fig. 7 is a viewanalogous to Fig. 6 and showing the sack expanded for larger measures.Fig. 8 is a horizontal cross section on the line 88 of Fig. 6. Fig. 9 isa fragmentary cross section on the line 9-9 of Fig. 7.

Referring to the drawings in detail: The upper or receiving endof thesack 1 is attached to a rectangular open frame 2. Ears 3 are attached tothe ends of the frame 2 and a shoulder strap 1- connects the ears 3. Thesack 1 is normally open at the bottom. A hand-strap 5 is secured at itsends to the outer side of the sack 1 some distance above the lower endof the sack, said ends being a considerable distance apart in ahorizontal. line. The gathering cord 6 is attached at the ends of thehand-strap 5 and passes around the sack through guide rings 7 and a snap8, said snap being at the center of the cord, so that when the snap ispassed up wardly on the outer side of the sack and drawn taut, the lowerend of the sack is gathered and folded upon itself and forms a bottom 9.A sliding bolt mechanism 10 is fixed upon the outer side of the frame 2and the snap 8 may be drawn up to engage this bolt. When it is desiredto release the snap 8, the bolt is operated to move out of thepassageway 11.

The sack 1 is preferably made in two pieces 12 and 13 meeting uponvertical lines at the centers of the ends of the frame 2. Strips 14C and15 are inserted and secured to the pieces 12 and 13 upon the lines 16and 17, some distance from the meeting edges 18 and 19, and laces 20 arerun through eyelets 21 fixed near the edges 18 and 19.

When it is desired to fix the sack so that a sackful of fruit will filla certain small box or measure, the laces 20 are tightened up to bringthe edges 18 and 19 together, and when it is desired to fix the sack tohold fruit suflicient to fill a certain larger box, the laces 20 areloosened up to the desired extent. In this way 1 provide a considerablelatitude of adjustment for the expansion and contraction of the sack, sothat the sack may be fixed to accurately measure the fruit or to make asackful, of fruit accurately fill certain measures or boxes, and so thatthe same sack may be used for large or small I boxes.

When a sack has been filled with fruit and carried to the emptyingplace, the snap 8 is released from the sliding bolt 10 and dropped andthe hand-strap 5 is elevated so as to open the bottom of the sack asshown in Fig. 3. This hand-strap 5 is very useful where it is desired todump the fruit into the upper ones of a stack of boxes.

By the use of my sack the fruit may be discharged gradually through themore or less gathered lower end and deposited easily in the box withoutbruising the fruit.

The details of construction may be varied in many ways without departingfrom the spirit of my invention as set up in the following claim.

I claim- In a fruit pickers sack, a rectangular open frame; a sackattached to the open frame, said sack consisting of two pieces meetingupon vertical lines at the centers of the ends of the frame; stripsinserted and secured to the pieces on vertical lines some distance fromthe meeting edges, and laces run through said meeting edges so that bymanipulating the laces the sack may be contracted or expanded; a handstrap secured at its ends to the outer side of the sack some distanceabove the lower end of the sack; the ends of said hand strap being aconsiderable distance apart in a horizontal line; and a gathering cordattached to the ends of the hand strap and passed around the sack, therebeing guide rings and a snap through which the cord passes, said snapbeing at the center of the 00rd; so that when the snap is passedupwardly 0n the outer side of the sack and attached to the bag the cordis drawn taut and the lower end of the sack is gathered and folded uponitself; and so that when the gathering cord is released and the 0 handstrap is elevated the sack may be emptied.

TSUNESABURO KURODA. WVitnesses BERTHA MOMASTER, SEMER G. VVELLs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents; each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

